-- Iraqi national police and U.S. soldiers seized a weapons cache consisting of a rocket-propelled grenade, gun powder, grenade, a stick of dynamite, 1,000 rounds of machine-gun ammunition and 100 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition in Rashid's Shurta community.

In other news, Iraqi police and members of the “Sons of Iraq” civilian security group thwarted a homemade-bomb attack and arrested five suspected terrorists Jan. 24 in Tarmiyah, northwest of Baghdad.

The forces apprehended two suspects attempting to place a bicycle strapped with explosive devices near a funeral site. After questioning, the suspects led forces to a nearby cache containing propaganda, magnets, timers, homemade explosives, mortar fuses and batteries.